CAMBERT, ROBERT L

eek Er, musician; bandmaster to Charles II. of England, 1673; his opera, Pomone, was produced in London. artist; accepted commi ion from Philip II. of Spain to paint series of frescoes in the Escorial. bordering on Gulf of Siam; area, 57,900 sq. miles. Surface senany is alluvial plain of Mekong R., with mountain ranges and detached peaks in N.E. and W.; one arm of Mekong flows to Tonle Sap, great lake in ©. and Siam, subject to extraordinary fluctuations. Chief towns are Pnom-Penh, Kampot. Climate is warm, subject to monsoons; some districts malarial. C. produces rice, sugarcane, betel, tobacco, indigo, pepper, maize, cinnamon, coffee, cotton, vanilla, mulberry, cacao. Industries include manufactures of silk, pottery, bricks, mnatting; cattle raised. C. is ruled. by native king under Fr. protection. Inhabitants include Khmers, Chinese, Annamese, Malays, and there are some uncivilized mountain tribes; ful state under Khmers, attaining zenith in early mediaeval period; various ruins remain of former greatne ; Fr. protectorate formally established, 1867. Pop. 1919, 2,000,000.